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In this example, p is incremented and then dereferenced, . However, *p has no effect.

int *p;
/* ... */
*p++;

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int *p;
/* ... */
(*p)++

Compliant Solution (memory mapped devices)

Another possibility is that p is being using to reference a memory-mapped device. In this case, the variable p should be declared as volatile.

volatile int *p;
/* ... */
(void) *p++;

Risk Assessment

The presence of code that has no effect could indicate logic errors that may result in unexpected behavior and vulnerabilities.

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